welcome to C & J's World

2009-06-15T08:38:00.000-07:00

Progress at Hoover Dam Bypass

Mother's Day

2009-05-12T19:54:00.000-07:00

Jodie taking a pic of Mia at there front door. Isn't she cute!

My son-in-law fixing Mother's Day Brunch!

Big Horn Sheep

2009-04-30T15:10:00.000-07:00

Please enlarge this photo of the Big Horn Sheep ....we counted sixteen. The sheep are about 15 miles west of Vegas in the Spring Mountain Range. I have been trying for two years to get a photo of them. Tricky guys but I finally got them!

Chipmonk

2009-04-01T18:18:00.000-07:00

A backyard freeloader! Have been feeding him nuts since learning he lives here. Isn't he cute!

Mother Nature I happened to capture

2009-03-26T18:26:00.000-07:00

We were running from the storm but I made CP pull over for this pic Just a funny cloud on the way home.......................

Eyes

2009-03-23T18:23:00.001-07:00

Clarence is having surgery on his eyes. Isn't he relaxed! He does the left eye April 8th and the right eye April 22nd..........April is " EYE MONTH"

CP hits a ROYAL!!!!!!

2009-03-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

Clarence had a great Sunday! $1,000.00 bucks!!! off to the bank on Monday..................

Death Valley Spring 2009

2009-03-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

We took a drive today to Death Valley and the wildflowers are starting to appear. Can you find the seagull? In Death Valley?? This is in the "Badlands" Don't drink the water bird!!!

Don't know the name...but different

Desert Marigolds

First purple wildflower

I WON!

2009-03-06T20:20:00.000-08:00

See the C's ...and next to the 41.....1600 quarters... that means $400.00 bucks! I a winner!!!

Valley of Fire State Park

2009-03-05T16:45:00.000-08:00

Pretty desert flower in the park Water trapped ... want a drink?

prehistoric petroglyphs

I named this "The Saucer"

Balancing act............

The Arch

The Beehive

Scary Faces...............

Hoover dam and the new bridge

2009-02-27T15:46:00.001-08:00

Looking at the dam with the new bridge in the background...

Building the arch

It is massive check how little the trucks are

On the top left the flat part will be the road over the Colorado

It really is something to see in the making

Willows Beach, Arizona

2009-02-27T15:25:00.001-08:00

The Colorado River just over the Nevada border

First wildflowers of 2009, butterfly happy!

Just give the desert a drink and she blooms

My new friend!

Red Rock

2009-02-27T15:03:00.000-08:00

This is about 3 miles away from the house.

Why it is called Red Rock

We have had so much snow this year........

2009-02-10T18:11:00.000-08:00

My new business ! Care to order ? Go to www.lawlerscheesecakes.com

Mia Rose 3rd b-day

2009-02-06T17:44:00.000-08:00

Mia & Walter

Mom & Dad playing "barbies" with Mia

Reba

2009-01-19T20:11:00.000-08:00

We had a great time Sat. night and Reba really gave a great show.

Dec 30th B-day

2009-01-07T18:13:00.000-08:00

New Years 2009 at The Eiffle Tower Restaurant

2009-01-07T17:56:00.000-08:00

Lori and John

Midnight!

Aren't we cute!

Vegas snow

2009-01-05T15:32:00.000-08:00

Been a long time...............

2009-01-05T15:11:00.001-08:00

More desrt stuff

2008-04-29T17:04:00.001-07:00

We left Cottonwood Cove yesterday and we are now in Laughlin, Nevada, right on the Colorado Rive.r And it is about 95 outside. These are some of the wildflowers along the way. Make sure to double click on the pics! MY CELL WORKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blooming Desert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-04-29T16:31:00.000-07:00

This at Cottonwood Cove at the Ranger Station. It's about 15 feet tall. A cactus along the side of the road near Searchlight, Nevada. They are everywhere and hard to miss.....So vibrant!
Lots of reds too.
This guy here is a Zebra Tailed lizard....See his black and white stripped tail? This one is about a foot long.

Lovell Canyon

2008-04-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

We took a ride out in this canyon looking for critters and wildflowers. This is what we found. A tarantula nest! Actually there were lots of these nests. The Mom is in there with her babies. It was kind of creepy to say the least. You can see things moving inside! This pic gives you an idea of how big the nests are.
A shot of a Joshua Tree blooming
Close to the middle of this pic (the white cactus) is called Jumping cactus because if you get to close it attacks you! Jumps right at you!!!!!!!!!!

KT's one year anniversary

2008-04-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a year today that KT left us and left a big hole in our hearts. He was more like a kid instead of a cat. I mean we even played hide and seek with him! But he did like to hunt. In his last year he caught 15 ground squirrels and who knows what else. And he beat up his share of other cats. But he was the most loving cat I have ever seen. We miss you Baby Cakes. KT's favorite nap spot!
That's typical KT
We received thi letter in the mail about 6 weeks after KT passed. Our wonderful vet Dr. Sally donated in KT's name to a great charity to help other kitties in need. KT touched alot of poeple and still is I'm sure.................................

Lori and John

2008-04-06T10:30:00.000-07:00

This is Lori's (Clarence's daughter) new squeeze, John! Lori had us over to her house for dinner.

mia

2008-03-20T16:07:00.000-07:00

CP and Mia playing

Two year old Mia and Mom. We had a great time "baby sitting"

We got the truck out!

2008-03-04T15:54:00.001-08:00

We were picked up by Kevin and the heavy equipment about noon today. I had to ride on CP's lap all the way out there. We took him to our truck which was about an hour away. The truck was still there. Nobody else would take that road! I don't know what this machine is called but it sure did a great job. Kevin had us out of there in about a half hour.
Clarence and me being pulled out. YES !!!!!! NO MORE DIRT ROADS!!!!!!

We had a bad day!

2008-03-03T18:40:00.000-08:00

We packed a wonderful picnic this morning and headed to the desert! AND GOT STUCK Cell phone reads NO SERVICE HOLY CRAP !!!!!! We are off the main road about a half mile or so. This is CP trying to get unstuck! The weather was great! But nothing worked and we had to hike it out to the road. We tried putting more weight in the bed of the truck with rocks.
We are talking about maybe 5 cars going by in 20 minutes in the middle of nowhere. I did have a loaded hand gun in my purse. Finally a Fedex truck stopped and went to a little town of Shoshone and sent us a highway patrolman named Tim. I never got to ride in a patrol car before with a concealed and loaded gun! I was just a little nervous. So we called Lori, CP's daughter and she sent us a tow truck from Pahrump, about 45 min. away
AND IT GOT STUCK !!!!! Well we did get out of there after about a half hour and we were dropped off our RV at about five thirty and $187 dollars later. We called Lori again and I think we have to rent a backhoe to go get our truck. So glad Lori is the manager for Hertz rental equipment!
Anyway, if you look about in the middle of this pic...that white speck is the roof of our truck, close as we could get to it wish us luck tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our feathery Friends

2008-02-15T16:32:00.001-08:00

We put out a feeder on the ladder in the back of the RV for the hummers, but we are also feeding finches. This little guy we call "Sleeper" because she comes and stays and will not give up her spot no matter what ! We have been watching her for weeks.... She hangs upside down to watch who is coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leave me alone !
My feeder! Go away! She will not give in! Too funny! I mean, this is a male and she still won't give in !

Hoover Dam

2008-02-15T15:27:00.000-08:00

We took another trip over to the Hoover Dam. Takes about an hour and half to get there. See far up in the sky? That bridge will be finished in 2 years. I t is almost 900 feet above the Colorado River! We are standing on the dam taking this pic. The span in the middle will be almost 2000 feet long and it will be in ONE section!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to drive over it. More info click on http://www.hooverdambypass.org/ Another view
Looking down

Looking up! In that yellow basket is two workers. Can you even imagine? Looking down at the bottom of the dam. I f you double click and make the pic big you will see a man to the left. Look for his shadow.

the rest of the trip

2008-02-12T10:34:00.001-08:00

See the rocks stacked up? That is to hold up the road. Old mining town that had about 300 people in August 1926. By February 1927 they were all gone. Some false info about the mine.
Just beautiful rock formations and we are driving through an old creekbed
Some places were pretty tight forthe ford. These cliffs go upabout 300 ft. in some places.
Just amazing.... We are glad we went and glad we don't have to go again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A trip to remember

2008-02-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

This is the way to Titus Canyon in Death Valley. We left at 7 in the morning and reached the dirt road at 9 am. We had heard from other people that this is really a great place to go see. And it is!There was a dusting of snow on the mountains ahead, but we thought nothing of it. We reached the top, we thought, and it was beautiful. About 5200 ft here. What a view !!
We went around a bend in the road and holy crap we said! Across the valley is the road we have to take. Oh, did I mention? The road is one way....No turning back !! We put our seat belts on.
This is the view looking down after we made it over the road in that last pic again holy crap
And we hit ice and snow! This is shot through the windshield as CP was driving. Next blog the rest of the story.................................

2008-02-07T16:44:00.000-08:00

We did make it home in time to go to Las Vegas Speedway to watch the Nascar testing. #88 Earnhart's new ride. This was just getting started again after Tony Stewart lost a tire
And we didn't know what to watch... the cars or the jets....Nellis Airport is right next door.

2008-02-07T15:52:00.000-08:00

Then we headed over to Hidden Valley and then went back to the Lake House because hwy 20 was closed due to snow and accidents. This pic is the next day when we did get through, barely. So we then headed to Rolling Hills to spend the night before going on up to the Redding area and to treat ourselves to a nice dinner. Well, we got stuck there for 2 days because of more snow. By now this snow stuff is starting to cost some big bucks we didn't count on. We also bought some snow chains. But it was worth it...... Grandpa great holding his first great grandchild Audrina Marie
The four generations CP, daughter Kathy, new mom Petra and baby Audrina

Still a "Hotty" at 75! We had to make an unplanned trip to California which we then decided to make a fun trip out of it. This my Mom's 75th Birthday at the Lake House in Oroville. Helping Dwight make his shot!
Just a few drinks before dinner
Cute pic of Dwight with my grand niece Miss Lily Anne
I know what she is thinking.....When can I wear this?

2008-02-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

Mia is very into opening presents this year! Playing with the baby doll that Grandma Great Veta gave her.
Mr. George under the tree
Mia likes those gifts

We went to see Russ,Jodie and Mia Rose just before Christmas. Mia is such an angel and so much fun. Russ and Jodie are great parents! Aren't they cute ............
Mia's serious side............
Banana before nap time
Too big of a bite !!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-05T16:42:00.000-08:00

We took a day trip over to Hoover Dam the week of Thanksgiving and it was very crowded. On the left above the parked cars is a new bridge being built. See the pilars. It is so high I think it will be very scary to drive over. We are going to go over there again soon and check out the progress. This is another day trip to Death Valley. We are at about 5900 hundred feet above at a place called Dauntes View. It made me dizzy. You are looking at the Devils golf course at about -200 feet sea level. Can you imagine findind your golf ball?
This is our hawk that comes hunting every few days that catches birds and eats them!

This our new home ! Ha Ha The town of Shashone is about 20 minutes away and these were the miners homes back in the late 1800's. Can you imagine! These are the early apartments....................... A four-plex !!!!!!!

I haven't "blogged" in awhile and both daughters told me to get back at it! So here I go !!!!!

2007-11-03T17:25:00.000-07:00

This is about 20 minutes from home and if you blow this pic up real big you can see a desert wolf. Let me know if you find it, he really blends in, hint he is about in the middle...double click on the pic to make very big
Rock formations.....wonder who lives in the little caves? This is in Death Valley and it is called THE DEVILS GOLF COURSE
Just pretty in the park. We saw a chuckwalla....a very big lizard

2007-10-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

Grandson Travis with the puppy. We went into Las Vegas for the weekend to visit with Eddy and Cindy, Lori and the grandkids. Ed and Lori playing with Taryn's bird Keno.
Bobby and Taryn in their new home they just bought.
This is on the way back home. Over the hump to Pahrump!

2007-10-11T13:43:00.000-07:00

A visit at Jodie's. Mia is just too cute and what a happy child. We took the kids to Cattleman's for Amee's birthday!
Mia loved the cowboy hat, and when the waiter was clearing all the plates away Mia handed him her plate........too cute!

2007-10-03T16:58:00.000-07:00

We were out driving around and we found the whore houses! There are two of them and for mid-morning they were pretty busy! And the sign says ladies welcome! This is called the Chicken House
I went chasing after the road runner.............................
And he posed for me! This guy is a young guy. Not too big yet.

2007-09-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

We came across a ghost town on the way home. Actually, an old mining town dating back to 1905. This house is called the bottle house. Yes, those are really bottles in the adobe.
This was the main store and it is up for sale. The town church. Notice the hitching posts to tie up the old horse. It amazes me that no one has disturbed the rock landscaping.
This was amazing! Angels out in front of the church! Out in the middle of nowhere!
This was also by the church. I get the miner, but a penguin??????????

2007-09-24T17:17:00.000-07:00

We didn't realize how close to Death Valley we are. About 45 minutes to the valley. We are going to have a great time exploring this amazing park. Just a view
Looking back at the valley. Can't wait til we have the time to really explore!
Oh by the way, You know the storm we had...we are still driving through muddy water.

2007-09-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

Our first week in Pahrump and we got one hell of a storm! It started at daybreak and went on all day and all night. Sometimes the lightning was too close and the thunder too loud. We had to venture out about 4 pm for ice to have a cocktail and this is what we saw......This is the main street in town. Notice how dark? Pahrump usually gets only 4 inches of rain a year. We got half already! It was cool sitting out under the awning and listening to the storm. This is across the street from us. It made a big mess! Remember this is 4 in the afternoon and it went on all night!
Next day...we went exploring and found a lot of flooding.
Very muddy water about 2 feet deep and running fast over the road. Look at the right of the pic.. white water... let's go rafting.

On our way home. We cut our day out a little short because another storm seemed to be brewing and we didn't want to get caught on the wrong side of the creek, which they call washes cuz the only time the creek has water is when it rains. Which is seldom???????????????

2007-09-17T17:36:00.000-07:00

Clarence's Birthday at Lake Oroville with My Mom, Uncle Jack, Auntie Carol and Jeri and Dwight! We came across this sign out in the middle of nowhere... OUT R WAY
This is June Lake, Ca.
Mono Lake..........While we were in the museum we had a little earthquake.
Mono Lake has 2 1/2 times the salt of the ocean.

2007-09-04T17:47:00.002-07:00

This is Patterson Bridge in Gold Beach, Oregon. Everyone out there is trying to catch a big salmon, including me and Clarence. And thanks to Jim..................... Meet Jim. We met him in the RV park and he has a boat but can't go out on the bay by himself because of health problems. So he invites us! Jim is a great person and we have a new friend. He really is inspiring. With all his difficulties he just doesn't let it get him down. He was told he would be in a wheelchair by 25 and he is 72 and still walking, just a little wobbly. A lot of credit goes to Jim's wife! But she gets sea sick!
My ears got cold and I brought my fish in and lost him! Darn it!
Jim's boat. Sure was a treat. There had to be at least 200 boats out there in the bay!

2007-08-31T17:06:00.000-07:00

Can you pick us out of the crowd? Don't we look cute in our life jackets. The boat has 3 motors and 1000 horse power. And does some really fun 360's. Yes, you do get a little wet. Up in the mist is another jet boat coming down, you can hardly see the boat and it is forty feet long! We are watching from our boat.
This is the dinosaur tree!

2007-08-31T16:32:00.000-07:00

This is Sadie. She has over 500 boat trips on her butt! And a very nice dog.She loves the river otters. They play with her. Going down the rapids! We left at 8 in the morning and after 104 miles on the Rogue, we got back at 4. Long day , but way too much fun.
This is just interesting. See all these trees roots on the outside of the rock!

2007-08-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

Cape Blanco lighthouse and I made Clarence go up there and it was cool, but very windy. Just before the lighthouse we parked and we saw 3 whales. Too far away to get a good pic. Just nice and peaceful

Port of Port Orford..... They roll the fishing boats over to those yellow cranes and lower them into the water. Never saw that before. This is too funny since our rig is named Paradise Point. Our saying is "Just another day in paradise point!"

2007-08-24T17:04:00.000-07:00

This is Jerry's Jet Boats. We are going to take the 104 mile trip on Monday. Can't wait!!!! Oh and by the way, these kids would jump off the rock to the applause of the boat. An island in low tide at the mouth of the Rouge River where the pelicans hang out. I am going to try to get closer because their are a lot of pelican babies out there, but I have to get permission from the Coast Guard first. Wish me luck!
It was just a pretty spot. We also saw a dog surfing. He would swim out and then jump into the wave, turn inland and ride the wave back in! I saw him do this just once and Clarence saw him twice. I didn't get a pic. I guess he was tired, wish we would of got there a little sooner.

2007-08-09T14:54:00.000-07:00

Newberry Lava Park..just south of Bend... This is part of The Big Obsidian Flow..it is miles long. This is what is on the other side of that last pic!
Relaxing after a hard day of sight seeing

Picnic at the lake...if you look at the tree on the left, on the corner of the table, you will see a guest for lunch
In the Cascades northwest of Bend...A pretty lake
WHITE WILDFLOWERS
Double take "oops"

2007-08-05T12:53:00.000-07:00

Bonneville Dam & Locks & Fish Hatchery on the Columbia in Oregon. It was really cool and you could watch the salmon from inside thru windows. There were litterly hundreds of these windsurfers..........Wind is up !!!!
A really big fish ladder with fish jumping, (they wouldn't pose though) out of Leavenworth, Oregon
Back in Bend, Oregon...This dog is Luke and he is the Frizzbee World Champion. They happened to be here in our park and put on a show for all of us. It was truly amazing! He even did back flips! And he did not miss one frizzbee!
Our home until August 10th...click to make it big to see the nice place we are staying.

2007-08-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

We rode this little Keller Ferry across the Columbia River in Washington . It was really weird and a little scary! I mean our RV is 35 feet long!!!!! Coulee Dam on the Columbia River
Click on this pic to make it bigger. is pretty
Summer Falls, Washington
Steamboat Rock, Columbia River, Washington

2007-08-05T12:06:00.000-07:00

Our new boat...just kidding! We have friends that are building a house on the lake. Our new house...just kidding! This is by far the biggest house on the lake, a lot to build on starts at 1.3 million and that is a baby lot.
Our funny campers!!!

2007-08-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

Some of the beautiful places we have seen. We are in Bend, Oregon until August 10th This is in The Glacier National Park in Montana
A Lake in the park. I liked this old tree.
My new friend! We have seen so much wildlife.
A river in the park. VERY PRETTY
This picture was taken at Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho. (pronounced lake pon-der-ray) French u no!

Oregon

2007-07-20T17:08:00.000-07:00

Gold Beach, Oregon...This an outdoor cat rescue center. They spay the kitties and then they live here til they find homes for them. It is run all by donations. YES we donated!!!!
Gold Beach...If you look in the foreground you will see Sea Otters lying on the beach
Salt Creek Falls, Oregon 264 feet 2nd tallest waterfall in oregon

Our Trip

2007-07-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! We've been on the road for about 3 months now and are having a ball. I can't believe it's been this long. We are in Coer d' Alene, Idaho and have been here two weeks.I am just going to put some pics up to show where we have been.

Mr. K T Kat

2007-04-20T16:40:00.000-07:00

This is one of the last pictures I took of KT. This is so appropriate to me. It is like he is looking down from heaven at all of us. This past month was very hard on us and the last two weeks since he has been gone has been awful. But we are at the point now where we are remembering our furry friend and laughing about our funny little cat. We are so thankful for the time we had with him. K.T. will always be in our hearts.

2007-03-04T16:17:00.000-08:00

KT taking his nap in the back window of the car... we closed the garage door and he slept there until I brought him in about 7 pm

We had one little tile to re-grout..... well as usual.... things turned out to be a bigger job !!! Now we are replacing 11- 16 inch pieces of slate. Now isn't that the way to spend your Sunday?

2007-02-28T16:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone !! I am a blogger !! And a "newbee" so I am sure I will get better at this as I learn more. Thanks to Jodie for introducing me to this site. So here we go!!!!!!!

2007-02-28T15:37:00.000-08:00

T This is how Clarence reads his paper in the morning KT wins again!

2007-02-23T16:00:00.000-08:00

Digging into the cake when she got the frosting on her hands she fussed til I wiped it off

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